An important borderline personality disorder characteristic is:
a. overachieving behavior in school or college situations
b. self-mutilating behavior, especially cutting on self
c. having close, lifelong friends
d. quiet or withdrawn isolative life
B
An important borderline personality disorder characteristic is self-mutilating behavior, especially cutting on self. These clients are candidates for dialectical behavior therapy, which usually consists of once weekly individual therapy sessions and twice weekly group sessions, along with crisis intervention and other supports.
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